today we are trying out thailand's express railway train
that also happens to be the cheapest train ever
a seat on this air-conditioned train costs just 50 baht one and a half dollars for two hours on
the train we are leaving chiang mai to visit the neighboring province of lampang which will
be filled with non-stop adventure um did that just happen so sit back relax and enjoy the trip
from the looks of it seems pretty quiet these days
so we're going to go and book our tickets now i'm really excited to try out this train
we have two tickets to lampang
850 sitting at home 930 shipping plan uh acorn icon yeah yes two people yes two husbands train
number eight chiang mai children's departure time 850 car number seat number okay we got six minutes
until our train leaves so let's go for a platform ball platform four yeah
so we made it on the train it's a lot better than i was expecting
a lot quite nice seats the seats are actually really comfy and i cannot believe we've paid
50 baht for a train ticket i mean i've never ever done that before a dollar and a half right
that's crazy so i'm looking forward to it so you're probably wondering why
dev and i have to sit separately obviously it's because of social distancing we cannot sit next
to each other but we're kind of sitting next to each other so it's okay we're officially moving
so the reason why we took the train is you can actually drive from chiang mai to lampang on
the bike but it is about two to two and a half hours which is a long time on the bike
and we just thought it would be so scenic and you always see a different part of the country when
you take the train so that's why we thought let's do that and it takes us right into the centre of
wow it's actually a little bit more quiet on this side of the train because where we're
sitting we've got the air conditioner right above us and it's actually quite rattly so here this is
the fan area which is actually cheaper than the seats that we're sitting in and i think they're
about 25 baht or something like that which is just mad under one dollar for two hour train ride
so over here we can show you the comfortable seats we've got a lovely view of the roads and the
nature i'm wondering about or talking about we've even got outlets we've got a lot of space to put
our luggage and this is going to be a really fun train ride i am so so keen for it and i'm actually
i can't even believe we're going to a different province by a train we're not really used to that
in south africa we don't have trains that go to different provinces so this is a cool experience
for us one thing we do have to say for just how cheap this train ride is it is so clean so we
would really recommend that you come and use the trains if you're traveling around thailand they're
really comfortable they're well kept clean as i said i'm really impressed for how much we paid
they really give you everything that you would need it kind of feels like we're on
the airplane to be honest like we have a fall down tray if we want to have something to eat
and we have maybe like a seed pocket so we have if we have some books or something
and there's actually a sea dress as well
quite comfy i'm happy and there's only about five people on this whole train so we're kind of just
walking around and trying out different seats to kind of show you different parts of the train
wow look at this i'm really really excited to be on this train if you can't tell already
this is really cool
i think you just get to see a different part of thailand and a different perspective
there are so many modes of transports song towels tuk-tuks airplanes boats as you can
imagine but the train is really different it's just a totally different experience
there's always something soothing about being on the train and kind of just watching
the world go by it's a completely different experience to like being on the road
because you kind of have to go through these little towns and you have to go through
well where we are through the jungle because we're going south now out of chiang mai it is such thick
jungle and it is so beautiful these unknown parts of thailand where it is just so
thick let's just tropical i love this it is one of the reasons why i absolutely love thailand
as chef mentioned we don't have a lot of trains in south africa it's not a very common mode
of transport let us know in the comments if taking the train is a regular thing for you
because it isn't for us so let us know if you have to check
the train or even the subway on a regular basis and let us know if you like to take the train
so i just thought i would share what the bathroom situation is like it might be a little bit noisy
because the window is open in here but there is a small basin with some running water and there is a
toilet but this is so interesting for me there is just a hole going straight down so there is no way
to flush the water just goes straight down so i assume it's just the number one kind of toilet
we have officially arrived in london it's about 10 38 so it took us about maybe
an hour and a bit just under two hours to get to lampang and we are finally here
so this is the town that we're going to spend the next few days in i'm excited i have very
little information about lampang so i'm so excited to just go out and explore it's going to be
incredible wow
wow this is cool
wow goodbye train
we've made it to lampang we're at the railway station now we're going to need to organize
a motorbike and some sort of way to get to our hotel but we will show you that in the next video
let us know if you've ever been on a train this chi and if you would ever go on a third
class or a second class train thank you so much for watching our trip to lampang on the train
and as chef said we will be showing you all that we're going to be doing here in lampang
as well as our first impressions so make sure you are subscribed so you can see that
and we will see you in the next adventure see you next time
is awesome this is so beautiful it's kind of chaotic
that was so cool oh my god that was the coolest thing
this is like what traveling really feels like like we're actually being
tourists right now and getting completely amazed by my everything my everything
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